Serialized Stories
Fall, 2011
The Secret School, an 18-chapter serial story, will run every Thursday in The Denver Post starting September 8 and running through January 19 (no installments on Dec. 22 & 29). Written by Avi and illustrated by Brian Floca, this story is set in 1920’s rural Colorado.
When the regular teacher of the valley’s one-room schoolhouse must leave, bringing an early school closing, the children decide to take over, secretly. But there are many problems to surmount: trouble-making Herbert Bixler, a suspicious School Board, plus the fact that the new teacher, Ida Bidson, is not only one of the students but only fourteen years old! As the days progress, Ida learns it takes more than lesson plans to be a good teacher, and she proves that she is up to the challenge.
The Secret School is a story about kids, community and education. It is at an upper elementary reading level, but younger children will enjoy having it read to them.
